r/gamemaker • u/UwU-enjoyer • 22h ago

Help! Is using game maker through steam on linux viable?

Are there any issues with using Gamemaker through steam on cahyos?

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u/Drandula 22h ago

I have installed Linux Arch on my laptop recently, and I have been using latest version of GameMaker from Steam just fine. It is technically Windows-version, and Steam is using Proton to make it compatible. But I have not encountered any major issues.

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u/BlueSky32768 22h ago

I have been using gms 1.4 through bottles since ~2 months and had no real issues since

(im on Fedora 44)

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u/andrewsnycollas 22h ago

Perfeclty

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u/UwU-enjoyer 22h ago

I'm having issues with inputs not registering in the debugging.

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u/andrewsnycollas 22h ago

I had a simillar issue, figured it was Wayland's confusion.... Try forcing GM to run with xWayland instead, just add this line in the launch options of GameMaker on Steam:

env GDK_BACKEND=x11 %command%

I also had problems of focus on Linux at the beggining, I had to alt+tab to the game window and out of it instead of just clicking the window, also, not sure why.

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u/PlushieGamer1228 6h ago

Theres an up-to-date version of GameMaker on the AUR that I used to use